SpotCrime Surpasses a Million Subscribers

Online Source for Crime Data Most Visited Crime Mapping Service in
the World

November 19, 2015 10:13 AM Eastern Standard Time

BALTIMORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SpotCrime – the most comprehensive online source for crime data – has
surpassed one million subscribers, making the Baltimore-based company
the largest crime alerting system in the U.S. and most visited crime
mapping site in the world.

An independent, open data company, SpotCrime now sends its subscribers
more than 200 million crime alert emails annually, while over 40 million
people interact with the crime data the company generates on a monthly
basis.

Founder and President Colin Drane attributes SpotCrime’s rapid growth to
the fact that it is the only independent, open data company that is
self-supporting.

“SpotCrime does not take any outside funding and does not charge police
departments or any other organizations for the information we provide,”
Drane says. “Our sole intent is to make all relevant crime information
available to the public, taking full advantage of the Internet to allow
this data to be shared and ultimately driving both greater awareness and
new measures that will lead to a reduction in crime.”

Drane adds that the open data distributed by SpotCrime creates a level
of transparency with citizens and public officials that increases both
trust and accountability. “Our goal is to help the process on how public
resources are allocated,” he explains. “SpotCrime has always been a
strong proponent of open access to data. The easier it is for a
community to access and share crime data, the higher the chance that
community will be proactive in the fight against crime.”

“With continued subscriber growth, SpotCrime’s website and other
applications now have a proven, eight-year track record of effectively
engaging the public with timely, relevant crime information, all of
which ultimately will improve the odds that a community will be
instrumental in the fight against crime,” Drane concludes.

For more information about SpotCrime, visit the company’s website at www.spotcrime.com.